Witness (1988 film)

Witness
Directed by	Viji Thampi
Screenplay by	Ranjith
Story by	Jagathy Sreekumar
Starring	Jayaram Suresh Gopi Jagathy Sreekumar Parvathy
Cinematography	Vasant Kumar
Edited by	K.P. Puthran
Production company	Priyanka Films
Distributed by	Priyanka Films
Release dates	20 February 1988 (1988-02-20)
Country	India
Language	Malayalam

Witness is a 1988 Malayalam language investigative thriller made in India, directed by Viji Thampi and co-written by Jagathy Sreekumar, starring Jayaram, Suresh Gopi, Jagathy Sreekumar, Parvathy, Madhu and Sukumaran.^[1][2][3]

Plot

Two friends, Balagopalan (Jayaram) and Jayakumar (Jagathy Sreekumar), own a call service called "We Help" to help people with the assistance of lawyer Madhavan Thampi (Madhu). Balu gets a call from Indu R. Nair, who is the daughter of a businessman. Later, Indu asks Balagoapan to be her bodyguard. But when Jayakumar and Balagopalan visit her home, they discover that Indu has been murdered. Officer Thomas Mathew takes charge of the case. Madhavan tries to find her killer to save Balagopalan and Jayakumar, before it is too late.

Cast

• Jayaram as Balagopalan
• Suresh Gopi as Alex Williams
• Jagathy Sreekumar as Jayakumar
• Parvathy as Indu R. Nair
• Madhu as Madhavan Thampi
• Sukumaran as Thomas Mathew
• Thilakan as Vikraman Nair
• Innocent as Sankunni Nair
• Siddique as Alexander
• Jagadish as Podiyan
• Vijayaraghavan as Usthad Hamsa
• Azeez as Rajagopalan Nair
• Nedumudi Venu as Himself
• Thikkurissy Sukumaran Nair
• Kalabhavan rahman as Murali
• Alex Mathew

Soundtrack

The music was composed by Ouseppachan and lyrics was written by Bichu Thirumala.

Box office

The film was commercial success.^[4]

Remake

The film was remade in Telugu as Sakshi with Rajendra Prasad.^[5]

References

External links

• Witness at the Internet Movie Database